Sandhammaren lighthouse
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Sandhammaren is a Swedish lighthouse, and the name of both a beach and a point east of Ystad in Scania. At first two identical lighthouses were constructed, because it was a risk to mistake this lighthouse with the one on Ertholmene. The flame first ran on colza oil. Later on (1891), one of the lighthouses was put out of service and moved to Pite-Rönnskär in Norrland, at the same time the lamp was transformed to a paraffin lamp. The lighthouse was electrified in 1952.
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Sandhammaren
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Ystad Municipality
- Body of water
- Bornholm Strait
- Image
- Sandhammarens fyr juli 2015-2.jpg
- Height
- 29.4
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- color
- white
- located in/on physical feature
- Sandhammaren
- Commons category
- Sandhammarens fyr
- light characteristic
- Fl W 5s
- inception
- 1862-00-00
- source of energy
- electricity
- architect
- Gustaf von Heidenstam
- focal height
- 31
- lighthouse range
- 22
- has facility
- radio beacon
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Sandhammaren is a Swedish lighthouse, and the name of both a beach and a point east of Ystad in Scania. At first two identical lighthouses were constructed, because it was a risk to mistake this lighthouse with the one on Ertholmene. The flame first ran on colza oil. Later on (1891), one of the lighthouses was put out of service and moved to Pite-Rönnskär in Norrland, at the same time the lamp was transformed to a paraffin lamp. The lighthouse was electrified in 1952.
The Swedish Maritime Administration owns and runs the lighthouse.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sandhammaren lighthouse” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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